For Immediate Release 2 May 2019 Kampala The African Centre for Media Excellence strongly condemns the directive by Uganda Communications …
Museveni signs Uganda’s first data protection and privacy law
Image by JanBaby on Pixabay On Thursday 28 February, 2019 President Yoweri Museveni signed and assented to the Data Protection …
Shutting down the internet doesn’t work — but governments keep doing it
George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many …
Four journalists, one newspaper: Time Magazine’s Person of the Year recognises the global assault on journalism
Peter Greste, The University of Queensland Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for …
Human Rights Day spotlight: Freedom of opinion and expression
This article was first published by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. Why would a human …
Global freedom of expression has declined significantly since 2014 – ARTICLE 19
This article was first published by ARTICLE 19. An annual metric, published by ARTICLE 19, shows that global freedom of …
Lira-based radio remains closed over accusation of inciting violence
The Lira-based Unity FM station which was closed for allegedly inciting violence during protests over the killing of an 11-year-old …
Cartoonists can be an important voice of dissent: but they can also be divisive
Daniel Hammett, University of Sheffield Rwanda has introduced legislation which criminalises the public humiliation or insult – through gestures, writings …